The Sun. — London, England, 1808-11-02 00:00:00

hopes tlmt this account will turn out unfounded for though it begins with stating that the Island of Caprea has been retaken, it concludes with admit ting that an English Officer, with some troops, had throw n himself into one of the forts, and it was /toped the he would soon be compelled to surrender. The first division of the French troops from the Tagus landed at Rochelle on the isth ult. The Court of Inquiry respelling the Convention 14 Cintra, will be assembled in a few days. Sir D. I) ll‘_cnas is to be President. Lords MO/3A and P 4 IIBROKE, with four or five other General Officers, Will constitute the Court. It is hardly necessary to Make any comments upon the silly observations which some of the Opposition Papers are constantly Making, respeaing the appointment of a Court of Inquiry. Those who are determined to con demn, right or wrong, will of course oppose every thing that tends to a fair and impartial in vestigation of this business but we are convinced that the opinion of a Court so constituted will have more weight with the unprejudiced part of the Public , than the unfounded assertions and faclions clamours of those who have no other object but to remove, by whatever means, the present Administration. A Mail from Gottenburgh arrived this morning, but it contains no news of which we were not be fore in possession. Sir RICHARD STRACHAN sailed from Plymouth on l ionday, with the Ccesur and Defiance. It is sup posed that he is gone to take the command off the Tagus. The whole of the Expedition which was assembled in Yarmouth Roads (Isle of W ight), sailed yester day morning with a fair wind. The Transports frum the Downs had previously joined it. Just before this Paper w•as rut to Press we re c.'ived Dutch Papers to the 3uth ult. The following Is the only article of importance they contain, but i t IS given in so vague a manner, that we do not at tach any credit to it : " A Letter from Bayonne of the 17th of oao ber states, that the French Marshal MoNcEY has attacked, surrounded, and taken prisoners 8000 Spanish Patriots." • Yesterday the Duke of YORK held a public day at • offi,.e in the Horse Guards, and gave audiences a number of Military Officers. Sir Haw DALRYMPLE has transacted business at t he Commander in Chief's Office daily since his re turn, Sir HEW has only seen the Duke of YORK ° flee sinc e . 11 Yesterd ay Lord CASTLEREAGH transaded busi offi,ss wi th Mr. Secretary CANNING at the Foreign f after w hi c h his Lord s hip had a long con cere.nee With his Royal Highness the Commander in 11 4„er, at his Off ice a t the Hor s e Guards. 4 . he Archbishop OICANTEEBURY, the Lord CHAN ELLOII, xtr and ALSINGHAM, assembled yester- Py i the H ouse o f L or d s , pursuant to hi s M ajesty ' s „ c ed n al - nation, and prorogued Parliament till the Bth next month. iWe h ave nothing to add to the interesting deta i ls `e publi s h 6 i yesterday relative to the alarming dis rbattces at Oporto; except that the Portuguese `inve rnment have written a letter of thanks to Sir b Wasom, in which they highly compliment him Painf ul the abili t y an d a dd ress di sp l aye d b y hi m on t h at wag a nf ul occasion, an d by w hi c h th e p u bli c t ranqu illity 1) 5 0 happily restored. 14,„ (1 the 24th of September BUONAPARTE issued, at p, - , a Decree, placing under sequestration all the f r , r g - t )er tY in France belonging to Spaniards, whether b ,, - " ur gents or others, as an indemnity for the pro s'`: "Y of Frenchmen tesident in Spain, that has been a gainst or sequestrated in the Provinces in rebellion their King's authority. p o A rt Privat e l etter from Alicant states, " That a re into- p" ad Just been received, announcing the entry 13 e n e -at alenia o f t en th ousan d French tr oo p s f ro m trop garde' who had been surrounded by the Spanish L 1 Ps, and after a very severe conflict had been coin eistelY defeated."—Most happy shall we be to find sa — stat ement confirmed; but at present it is un netioned by any authentic communication. he three Regiments of Dragoons which were lat ely embarked at Portsmouth for Spain, have pro ceeded to their destination. The Transports sailed f roth Yarmouth Roads on Monday evening, with as fa vourable a wind as could be desired. They were :enrupanied by convoys for Cadiz and the Mediter -4aean. The rendezvous for the Transports, in case di spersion, was Corunna. b Y esterday the Lord Mayor Elc&, accompanied everal of the Aldermen, Sheriffs, .City Officers, 1 - 1 1 . g ' h ilt the usual form, was presented t o the Lord ‘vhChancellor for his Majesty's approbation ; suit o , -t, , L 'e Recorder introduced his Lordship with a gr it ,, - 'e 'add ress , com plim e nting him o n that inte hi i ndependence, and loyalty, which distinguish de z e ,: lar a 6 ter, and had procured him in an eininent cit' v Le the approbation and applause of his fellow 14,iens ; th e L or d Ch ance ll or t h en expresse d hi s a t d est Y's lull and entire approbation of their choice, w o a fter alluding to the very arduous duties which toot111(L1 necessarily devolve upon him, had no doubt, highly flattering and honourable as this day was Font y - h fulfilling the expectations of the City and honour he would f e el even a greater degree of ur and satisfaaion to his own mind at the et and iron of his office. After which they returned, le were splendidl y enterta i ne d b y t h e L or d M ayor was at th e Ci ty of London Tavern ; the evening conciuded with the utmost conviviality. 0f . ° , 11 Wed nes d ay evening his Highness the Duke tAr r-012C,ESTER arriv e d a t Clift on , from Bath ; a nd yet Ihursday morning he reviewed the Somt.r uarmarth,, and Monmouth and Brecon Rusi- Its of Militia, oh Clifton Down'. NAVAL NEWS. ratimounr, 4CT. 313.--Sailed this morning His Majesty's Ship Amazon, of 36 guns, Capt. PA 12 KER , far Corunna, having under convoy two Transports with : part of the 3iht Regiment of Foot on board. nits'Right Hon. Lord and Lady HOLLAND, Lord Was. RUSSELL and family, embarked in her. A sa lute was fired on their being received on board. Also sailed His Majesty's Ship Aigle, of 36 guns, for off Brest, and the following Packets with Mails : Prince Adolphus, BOULDERSON, for Barbadoes, with Mails of the 19th inst. ; Marlborough, BULL, for Braiits, with Mails of the 4th inst.; Eliza, SAMP SON, for Corunna, with Mails of the 18th and 25th inst. ; and Princess Elizabeth, KIDD, for Lisbon, with the Mail of the 25th inst. Yesterday arrived the Dispatch Packet, Captain HARRIS, with Mails from Corunna, 72 hours pas sage: she brings no particular news. The Troops under General Sir DAVID BAIRD were still on board, about 2000 of which were expeled to be disem barked the next day. Mr. FKERE left Coranna for Madrid on the 25th inst. Nothing was known from Bilhoa. Yesterday sailed the Mary Cutter, of le guns, Capt. PUCKEY, for Lisbon ; and Foxhound Brig on a cruize. Arrived this evening His Majesty's Ship Humber, of 18 guns ; the Ship Nemesis, QUICK, from Gib raltar, for Lisbon, detained by His Majesty's Brig Primrose, owing to her Papers not being regular ; and the Prince of !Pales Packet from Fowey. Prxmotrrx, OCT. 31.—Sailed the Cesar, of 80 guns; and Defiance, of 74 guns, to join the Channel Fleet. Arrived'the Swallow Sloop of War from Ports mouth, and the Contest Gun-brig from Torbay. Sailed L'Eclair and Insolent Sloops of War, with a Fleet of Viituallers under convoy, for Corunn3. PORTSMOUTH, NOV. I.—Arrived his Majesty's Ships Furious, Dapper, and Bold, with a convoy frogijbe.Downs. Passed by the Country Squire and several other Transports to join the Expedition at the west end of the Isle of Wight. Arrived his Majesty's Brig Defender from a cruize. Sailed his Majesty's Ship Are/hula on a cruize. His Majesty's Ship Jupiter with about 12 Trans ports under her convoy, are expeEted to sail this evening for St. Andero. His — Majesty's Ship Mutina, with alleet for the Brazils, is expected to sail to-morrow. DEAL, Nov. I.—Arrived his Majesty's Ship Prin cess Caroline from the northward, and remain with the Ships as per last. HELIGOLAND, OCT. 15.—Several ships have been driven from their anchors. The iitlas, Fischer, arid LVelly, from Leith, are lost. The cargo of the for mer is saved, though much damaged. The greatest confusion took place yesterday evening, when a hur ricane blew from the Southward. Eleven small vessels, the greater part richly laden, went adrift, some with their crews on board, others forsaken by their ship's company, and nothing has since been heard of them.—Fourteen sail are missing. OCT. 20.—We have had very rough weather here; there are between 20 and 30 vessels which have still their cargoes on board, although they have been here above ten days. I fear the shipping will st.ffer much this season. The Juno Privateer, of 14 guns, was captured on the 20th ult. by the Exertion Gun-brig, and carried into Heligoland. The Charles armed ship, and the Hope, JACK sok; from Gottenburgh, arrived off Holy Island the 28t.h ult.—The fleet, consisting of nearly 100 sail, have parted from their convoy. The case of Sir JOHN MORDAUNT, which is one of the precedents for regulating the proceedings of the Court of Inquiry about to be instituted with respeft to the Convention of Cintra, is fully detailed in the sth Vol. of SMOLLETT'S History of England. Sir JOHN MORDAUNT was sent in 1757, with 10,000 men, to make a descent on the coast of France, near Rdchefort, and to destroy the fortifications and arsenals of that place. On arriving oft - the coast, and reconnoitring, sounding, and examining the ap proaches, several Councils of War were held by Sir JOIN MORDAUNT, and the determination was, that the objed of the expedition was impraaicahle. The expedition accordingly returned home a ithout at tempting any thing, and a Court of Inquiry was in stituted to investigate the causes of the failure. This Court consisted of Lieutenant General CHARLES, the Duke of MARLBOROUGH, and Majors General WAL DEGRAvE, and Lord GEORGE SAUKVILLE. After a minute investigation, the Court reported, with some qualification, that it did not appear that any sufficient impediments existed to prevent the landing, and the 'attempt to carry the objet of the expedition into effect. Upon this report, a Court Martial was in stituted, and the result was an acquittal. A battle took place, yesterday, at Wilsdep-green, between Tom O'Donnell, and - a countryman, by trade a boot-closer. They fought forty-five hard rounds, in which the countryman got a severe beat ing. Haviug boasted, before the battle, that he could beat any man, he left the field of adion, as may be supposed, a little ashamed of himself. personsTo who_wish to become acquainted with the theatre of the late events in Spain and Portugal, we earnestly recommend an attentive perusal of two authentic works, " The Picture of Lisbon," and " The Picture of /alexia," (the latter by the cele brated FISCHER), which, from the variety of infor mation they contain, are not merely calculated to in terest the general reader, but particularly to afford many useful hints to perso , ts engaged in commer cial speculations and manufactures. • GdrTEkIWRGII MAIL. Head-quarters, I.amland, 061. 12. His Royal Majesty has received the following re port from Major-General A.l4ion,: ‘‘ I am directed by the Commander in Chief of your Majesty's army in Finland, humbly to report to you, that on the 29th of 'last month, an unlimited Armistice was concluded between his Excellency )yield Marsha: Count KLINGSPOR, General in Chief of your Majesty's Finnish army, and Count kA mitcsioy, Russian Lieutenant-General, and Com mander in Chief Of the Northern Russian army in Finland. I humbly beg leave to lay before your Royal Majesty a copy of the said Convention. " I. F. AMENOFF, Major-General.' (Here follows the Convention which we have already corn- en unicated to the Public ] Admiral Baron RAYALIN, Adjutant -General of the Fleet, who arrived here this afternoon, has re ported to his Majesty, that he has not only main tained his position in Grouwicke Sound, in pur suance of his Royal Majesty's orders, with the flo tilla, composed of 47 gun-sloops, notwithstanding the vast superiority of the Russian flotilla, consisting of upwards of 100 sail, but that the enemy's flotilla has also began to retreat to Pulwa Sound, and thence farther to Pargas Sound and Hango, the farther par ticulars of which movement will shortly be reported by the vessels detached to recannoitre and watch the enemy's motions.—(Stockholm. gazette, OCi. t 5.) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET THIRD OCTOBER MEETING. TUESDAY NOV. 1. Sir C. Turner's Cousi n Abraham beat Mr. Bouverie's Wood-daemon, Bst. 41b. each. R. M. loop. D. Ir.-7 to 2 on Cousin Abraham. Mr. Panton's Ralphina beat Gen. Grosven o r's M a y, B st . each. Two-yr old Course, sogs. —6 to son Ralphioa. Mr. Kellerman's L'Huile de Venus, 7st. 111 b. beat Mr. Fermor's Brighton, Bst. Across the Flat, 3cogs. L. tr.- 6 to 4 on I.'Huile de Venus. Ld Foley's Weaver, Bst. 2lb. beat Ld Stawell's Brighton Lass, by Gohanna, dam by Sir Peter, Bst. 11b. Across the lat, toogs. —6 to 4 agst. Weaver. Ld Lowthcr's Brainworm, Bst. 31b. beat Mr. Fermor's Hippomenes, Bst. Last half of Ab. M. toogs. h. ft.-6 to 4 agst. Rrainworin. Sir C. Turner's Gundy, beat Mr. Howorth's Cassio, Bst. 71h. each. Y. C. 200 gs. h. tt.-7 to 4 agst. Gundy. Fifty Pounds for 2-yr olds, carrying a leather, 3-yr olds, 7st. 51b. 4-yr olds, Bst 91b. 5-yr olds, 9st. 31b. 6-}' r olds, 9st. 71b. and aged 9st. tolb. Last 3M.0f8. C. Mr. Payne's b. c. Barbarian, 4 yrs old Mr. Lacey's bl. c. Mungb, 4 yrs - - 2 Ld Darlington's br. c. brother to Expeaation, 4 yrs - 3 Mr. Goddard's br. c. Fuscus, 3 yrs - 4 5 tot agst Isarbarian-3 tot agst Nlungo-3 to t agst Fuscus. I.d. Jersey's Whistler, Bst. 5 lb. agst Mr. Wilson's c. by Hambletonian, out of Totterella, Bsr. 21b. Ab. M. sogs.- 011 . by consent. Mr. Panton's Chloris, Bst. 41b. rec. 35gs. from Gen. Gros venor's c. Wood well-head, by Whitelegs, Sst. ilb. Y.C.sogs. Ld Lowther's Tot, Bst. 31b rec. togs. from Ld Barry. morc'sPavilion, Bst. Ab. M. loogs. h, ft. Ld Kinnaird's Achilles, 9st. agst Mr. Lloyd's Fun, 7st. Two-yr old Course, jogs.—Oil by consent. We trust that the Magistrates will persevere in their endeavours to suppress those hot-beds of sedi tion, the Debating Societies, which are not carried on for the purpose-of free and liberal discussion on topics interesting to mankind, but merely to fill tile pockets of desperate adventurers, who are known to be enemies oft he Const itut ion. TETE THEAME.—The Tragedy of Macbeth, to the honour of the public taste, continues to be at traaive, and had last night a very numerous audi ence at the King's Theatre. KEMBLE and Mrs. SwooNs are so well known in the Thane and his ambitious partner, that we need only say they per formed with their accustomed skill. There is one great impropriety in the representation of this fine play, which we have often thought of noticing, and it is now carried to such a ridiculous extent as tore; quire strong reprehension. The tidies who support the choir of Witches are more solic►tous to display their own persons than to represent the parts which they assume, contrary to the design of the author, and the charader of the drama. Mr. KEMBLE who is laudably anxious for proper costume, should "re form it altogether," for nothing can be more absurd and disgusting, than to see a number of Coquettes, snurking and ogling, while they are supposed to be celebrating the most awful orgies, and the murder of a virtuous monarch. Mrs. Muni H, who is engaged at Drury-lane Thea tre, first made her appearance upon the stage at Edinburgh in 1800, and has since performed with success in various parts of Scotland, Ireland, and this Country. Our Readers are already informed, that a British Army of near 21:,000 men has marched from Portu gal to Spain, under the command of General Sir JOHN Mooite.—The following is a list of the Regi ments ; Under Lieut.-General Fraser : —The 4th, Al; 42d, and five columns of the sth battalion of the both foot —Major. General Lord W. l3entinck. The 9th, ad battalion of the 43d, and ditto of the sad —Major-General Beresford. Under Lieut.-General the Hon. J Hope : . —The 36th, '7lst, 92d, and five columns of the 9th battalion of the 6 , th foot-- Major-General Crawfurd. The 2d and 6th foot—Major. General Auckland. The sth, .32d, and 91st foot—Major- General Hill. The 38th, 79th, and tour columns of the zd battalion of the gsth toot—Brigadier-General Nile. Under Major-General the Hon. f. Paget : —The Loth, fst battalion of the std, and five columns of the tst battalion of the 9ith foot —l3rigather-Geneial Anstruther. The Light Battalton t, and King's German Legion 2—Colonel Allen. Upwards of 1000 of the Royal Chester Volunteers have enrolled themselves in the Local Militia. Dr. JAMES VEITCH has been appointed Surgeon of :he Royal Naval Hospital, Antigua. CORN.EXCHANGE, Nov. 2.—The fresh arrivals of Wheat are considerable, and sales are dull, at a re dudion of 2s. and 3s. per quarter, and expected cheaper ; Barley in large supply, - and, with Malt, nearly at last prices; White Pease cheaper; Beans, of both sorts, likewise; Oats in great supply, but they are nearly at last prices ; Flour at little varia _ _ _ (ion. W heat 7os a Sos a yes ad Tick Beans . 66s* 72s ski Fine ditto (new) 9p .98s od t )ats - 34$ a ibs a 4os od Rye . - sas aV6 04 !'.,land ditto 42s a 43$ od Barley . - A ss asa od I Potatoe . . --st a 44 $ od Malt - . 84s a 9as cd f Rape Seed . 441 a 461 --od I White I" Cale 13 -,s a 142 s od line flour - Sp a 9os od Grey ditto - s6s a 6zs od Seconds . . gaS a Iso vii Beaus ... . . tgs a 74s cod 41 HISTORIC/IL RECIDAL •of toe CAMPAIGN OF 1100NAARTE IN !TALI', iN THE YEARS 1790 AND 1797, nATTLIE OF LODI. {Conihrurd from our Paper of . yeiterday We will readily admit that MIONAPARTE %yak vßtorious at Lodi; that the passage of the Adda, Vigorously defended by a numerous artillery, and by brave battalions, commanded by a General of reputation, was carried, and that this bold and diffi cult undertaking presented dangers truly al:inning ; but this avowal shall not prevent us from exposing many inaccuracies, and even fal , ehoods, which Buo f•IAPARTE has inserted in his official report. 1. He declares that BEAUL/EU, with all his army, Was ranged in order of battle ; and this is false ! BEAULIEU had with him, at the utmost, but ten thousand men to oppose, to the whole army of Buo. N APA RT E , consisting, at least, of fourscore thousand ! The situation of BEAtatzu was become extremely critical, since he had been abandoned by the King of Sardinia; still more so, since his plan for the seizure of the three fortresses had failed ; and still more so, since he had been obliged to regard the territories of the King of Sardinia as an enemy's country. What could this most able General do in a simila r case with a handful of troops ? for, as I have already declared, he had, at most, but four and twenty thousand men ! He could not certainly ad offen sively against the immense armies of the French : be could not even, without reinforcements, long continue on the defensive: he adopted therefore the most prudent plan of falling back on the Tyrol, and waiting there for instru&ions and supplies. He would not even have thought of defending the passage of Cie Adda; if he had not had a pressing in terest to retard the march of the French, and thus preserve, from their rapacity,. all the effetis, provi sions, ammunition, baggage, &c. which belonged to the Emperor; for there was an immense difference between the manner of subsisting the French and . Austrian armies. The French, who announced themselves as th.l deliverers of Italy, subsisted at the expence of the Italians ; they exaled abundant sup plies, not only of provisions and clothing, but of every thing which struck their fancy ; while the Emperor, fearing that his army might become bur thensome to the people, caused.it to he always fol lowed by an immensity of provisions and rich maga zines. These BEAULIEU would not, and, indeed, ought not, to sacrifice : he had the glory of saving the whole, to the advantage of his Sovereign, and the infinite regret of BUONAPARTU j but he could not effeta this without employing a considerable part of his army to escort them. Another part of his little army was detached t. reinforce the Garrison of Mantua, and it happily ar rived there in safety. Thus BEAULIEU had fulfilled every part of the duty of a good General ; but he had thus unavoidably weakened himself. In (tefi ance, however, of this redudion, he made at Lodi, with his ten thousand men, an ever memorable re sistance to the formidable and overwhelming num bers of the French. 2. BUONAPARTE admits that the fire of the ene my was terrible; but, according to him, it had no other etfeet than that of causing the head of the French column tbr hesitate. He has not chosen the proper word, for the' Column not only hesitated, but took fright; nay, to such a degree was it terri fied and dismayed, thai it wheeled round, and ab solutely refused to advance. The faa is incontesti ble, and known to thousands ; and BUONAPARTE himself was struck with such consternation at ir, that he had recourse to a desperate stratagem to re animate the courage of his soldiers. He ordered a republican flag to be fixed on the bridge, and by pointing out that standard of liberty, which they could not leave without shame in the hands of the Austrians, re-kindled their almost extinguished cou rage, and smothered the emotions of fear under the sense of national honour. It has never yet been ascertained who it was that planted this flag on the bridge. BUONAPARTE has taken credit to himself for this aEt of courage! while AUGEREAU has asserted that he was the person.— Whoever it was, the facl is certainly worthy of praise, and even of being recorded. There is, however, a circumstance which tends to diminish, in some degree, the heroism of the achievement— it is, that the instant the. bearer of the flag advanced a step before the rest,. BEAULIEU ordered 311 h:s bat teries to cease firing. Unfortunately, he imagined it to be an officer dispatched with a flag of truce, and therefore ordered one of his Aids-de-Camp to meet him nor did the firing re-commence till he was undeceived, and the French officer had rejoined his army. It is very extraordinary that BUONAPARTP, in his official report, should say nothing of this affair of the flag ; his historian, too, passes it over in silence in the eternal panegyrics which he makes of his hero. Now we all know, that, when praise is the subjea, both the one and the other are more z eady